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The Patta-I round/square range of LED mains 220 - 240v fittings are the latest in LED outdoor recessed downlights and perfect for soffit areas, porches and exterior ceiling voids which have a material thickness of up to 20mm. When lighting is fixed into the soffit boards you will get great lighting effects as the integral warm white 3000k LED module will give out 800 Lumen with a 38 degree beam angle and the total consumption will be 12w.
The fitting is IP65 which tranlated for water ingress is protection against jetting water.
The fitting has a built in 500mA constant current driver and the COB (Chip on board) LED module should last up to 40,000 hours.
It also comes in two finishes Black and white and you can also have the square bezel version in the same colours too.
Wiring regulations would suggest that a ingress protection of IP23 would be sufficient in this location but using a fitting with a higher IP figure can only ensure extra protection in exposed locations.Where depth is available they can also be used in an entrance porch linked to a motion detection PIR so they come on only when required.
Lamp colour ( Kelvins )
The colour of a lamp is defined as a measurement called kelvins. A standard GLS light bulb in your house would be 2,700 kelvins which is in the warm colour spectrum and a lamp with 6,000 kelvins would be at the very cold white spectrum. Getting the right colour temperature of a lamp does matter as the warm colour wavelength helps to soften skin tones and gives a warm soft relaxed feel and at the other end of the scale a 4,000 to 6,000 kelvin lamp colour would be used in offices or at fast food restaurants to make you feel less comfortable and relaxed and feel more alert. There's nothing that can sour your opinion of a compact fluorescent or LED lamp like buying a 4000K or 5000K bulb when you meant to buy a 2700K bulb, or vice-versa. When you buy a new, energy efficient bulb, keep your application and colour scheme in mind and make sure to buy the bulb with a colour temperature to match.
Light output ( Lumens )
The amount of light that is produced by a lamp is called lumens and the more lumens the lamp has the brighter it will be. Lumens work in conjunction with kelvins and should not be taken in isolation of each other. For example if you had a very warm white lamp at 2,700 kelvins and it produced 300 lumens and you then had another lamp which was a cool white 6,000 kelvins which also produced 300 lumens the cooler lamp colour would always appear brighter to the naked eye than the warmer one this is due to the receptors in the eye that react better to a white light spectrum. Another factor on how bright a light may appear is contrast. So if you shine a white 6,000 kelvin light onto a dark wall and a warm 2,700 Kelvin lamp onto a white wall the warmer lamp would appear brighter due to the contrast of the material it is focused on. So when choosing a lamp always take into account the area you want to illuminate and think about Kelvins (colour ), Lumens ( brightness) and contrast (colour of area).
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You're sure Martha at cubicle 24C is stealing some of the Reese's Pieces from the stack you keep on the corner of your desk. You know, the ones you have to eat because of your low blood sugar? You know it's her because you see the glint in her eye every time she casually comes by to say hello. But you're on to her and with this insanely expensive little device, you can have all the proof you need for an HR melodrama of epic proportions.
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"The Dark Knight Rises" is the concluding chapter to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, the movie series that resurrected the moribund Batman franchise. Having given us the excellent "Batman Begins" and the legendary "The Dark Knight Rises", the bar was set high for the grand finale, so one can hardly blame Nolan for wanting to give us something grandiose and epic for the final chapter.
And to a large extent, he succeeds. There's plenty of Batman angst here, a sprawling cast of characters, a worthy adversary, and the city is certainly in peril. Yet the movie is so serious it's smothering, there's a dearth of action, and the "epicness" occasionally crosses the line into bloat.
There's a very well made movie here, but I didn't enjoy it half as much as I had hoped to.
"The Dark Knight Rises" picks up 8 years after the events of "The Dark Knight". Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has been in retirement from being Batman since the night that Harvey Dent died. Thankfully, Gotham has been safe and secure since then, barely needing his services. In the wake of Dent's apparently tragic death, the city passed the "Harvey Dent Act", an act of legislation that somehow facilitates prosecution and which has led to the incarceration of thousands of Gotham City criminals. Wayne himself has been living as a recluse, earning a Howard Huges-esque reputation for himself. He's never seen in public any more, and Wayne Enterprises has begun to flounder.
When Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) is attacked, Wayne gets word of a new menace to Gotham. He breaks out the body armor, pays his first visit to Lucious Fox (Morgan Freeman) in years and begins his search for the mysterious Bane (Tom Hardy). What he finds is a man raising an army to finish the mission of Ra's Al Ghul… destroying Gotham. What he also finds is that he's finally met his match… Bane is a man he cannot best physically. As Wayne is forced to recuperate from his unsuccessful confrontation with Bane, the terrorist conquers the city, cutting it off from the outside world and holding it captive with the threat of an atomic device.
While Bane is certainly Batman's match, there's one person he's no match for, and that's Heath Ledger's Joker. With his face hidden behind the breathing mask, and his borderline goofy voice, Bane is simply not a captivating villain. Great heroic movies depend as much on the villain as they do the hero, and here we're given a poorly motivated gym rat in a gas mask. By the movie's end there are some reveals that illuminate the character to a greater depth, but for the most part, we have little idea why Bane is doing what he's doing, and we get no sense of an acting performance because Hardy's face is completely obscured by the breathing apparatus.
Faring much better is Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle aka Catwoman. She's feminine, felonious and formidable without being comically feline. Unfortunately her character and her relationship with Bruce Wayne (which would have made for a great centerpiece story) get more than a little lost in the mix.
Because there is an enormous mix going on here. Not only does Batman face Bane and Catwoman, but Comissioner Gordon has a story-line, as does Joseph Gordon Levitt's character. Alfred and Lucious are both given ample screentime, of course, and deservedly so, but there's also got to be time for the Wayne Enterprises board, Marion Cotillard's character, Bruce Wayne's attempt to build a fusion device for clean, renewable energy, Cillian Murphy's reappearance as Jonathan Crane, Nestor Carbonel, Matthew Modine, there's trapped cops, orphaned kids, etc etc… this movie sprawls and not in a good way. Clocking in at almost three hours, there are numerous subplots and story strands I would happily see edited out. And not simply for brevity's sake, either. There are a number of things here that just aren't that great. While "The Dark Knight" was long, too, it still felt tight. Everything in it felt important. That certainly isn't the case here.
At the end of the day, I would have been more ok with it, had the action supported the movie better. There's no 18 Wheeler flip here, there's no jump from a Hong Kong skyscraper. There is a very memorable fistfight between Bane and Batman, and "The Bat" (the name for the flying Batmobile) is cool, but there's just not enough within the endless runtime, and it's just not memorable enough for me. Factor in clichés like chasing down a ticking bomb and out-maneuvering heat seeking missiles, and you have a lot of letdown in terms of the action sequences here.
The production values are still as high as they get. There are a couple of really fun "reveal" moments that I wont spoil here, too. The acting is still top-notch, it seemed they filled every role with a talented actor. Also, of course, by this point in the series, you care about these characters very much. There were some very touching moments between Alfred and Bruce, for example. And finally, if you're a fan of super hero movies, it's always great to watch the characters you know and love in live-action up on the big screen. So, there's still a lot of quality elements within. Yet I can't get around the fact that I spend a lot of the runtime mildly bored, and would have liked to have seen this movie spend its considerable resources in a much, much better way.
B+, but that's a very disappointing grade considering the pedigree.


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Beginning with 2010 and going forward, all contracts which are approved and signed by the Commissioners at each legislative session will be scanned and added here.
This information is filtered by year and dates of legislative sessions. Agendas and minutes from each legislative session are also included to help people find specific contracts.


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Model student beats cycle of drug addiction, homelessness
A. Sue Weisler
The road to redemption for Julianna Johnson led to RIT.
Following years of drug addiction, living on the streets of Los Angeles and a stint in jail, the 48-year-old student has transformed her life. Open and candid about her past, she hopes that her story will inspire others to understand that sobriety is the best high.
"If I can open up people's minds to the idea of second chances, that's reason enough to share my story," says Johnson, a fourth-year graphic design major. "Secondly, if other addicts can experience the joy that I have right now, it's like no high I've ever had in my life. I have self-pride. I've never had that."
Celebrating five years of sobriety this past February, Johnson has a lot of joy in her life. She is planning to graduate in May while carrying a 4.0 grade-point average and taking seven classes a quarter. She has also won numerous national and university-level scholarships since transferring here in fall 2009 from Tompkins Cortland Community College.
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) awarded Johnson with its National Foundation Women's Scholarship last year. It's typically a one-time $5,000 scholarship. With those funds, Johnson had enough to cover her remaining tuition costs for her first year and purchase a computer. Since starting at RIT, she has won the RIT Women's Council Scholarship, the Mowris Mulligan Scholarship and the Trustees Scholarship.
"I have to maintain a 4.0 because I feel like if I don't, I don't want it bad enough. If I was a 3.2 student, people would be like, 'Oh, she's doing pretty good.' Nobody is expecting me to be an outstanding undergraduate. Nobody is expecting me to be honored with all these awards and scholarships," she says.
After the AARP learned of Johnson's accomplishments, the organization decided to award her its national scholarship again.
"It is only through all of this combined financial assistance that I have been provided the opportunity to realize my lifelong dream. Now I have a responsibility to myself and to all of these people that had faith in me to succeed."
One of the many people at RIT who has helped her succeed is Bruce Meader, professor of graphic design and Johnson's initial academic adviser. Johnson literally ran into Meader in the hall after she left one of her first classes because she didn't know how to use any of the Adobe programs that the professor was going over as a "refresher."
Recalling the story still makes Johnson cry.
"Professor Meader said, 'Julianna, you have such great concepts. Don't worry about the program. Programs can be learned. Go back into that class. You belong there.'"
And she did.
Adds Meader: "Life is tough enough, but for Julianna to have pulled herself back from a point in her life where her very survival was in question is something that most people wouldn't have the courage to do. When we all discovered what depths Julianna has risen from, her accomplishments were all the more admirable."
Martino Flynn, a Rochester advertising agency, has offered Johnson a freelance job that she hopes to begin in February. Following graduation, Johnson would like to move to the San Francisco area and work for an agency there.
No matter what she decides to do, Johnson says her education has prepared her for the next chapter of her life.
"I am going to do amazing things in my life. Believe that."


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Duke, James Buchanan
Duke, James Buchanan, 1856–1925, American industrialist, processor of tobacco products, b. near Durham, N.C. The Civil War left the Duke family poor, but James and his brother, Benjamin, helped their father in building up a local tobacco-processing business, which soon prospered. Development of cigarette-making machines and extensive advertising gave the Duke company a lead in tobacco manufacturing. Through a long series of mergers with competitors, James Duke organized (1890) and led a trust that, when dissolved by order of the Supreme Court in 1911, controlled 150 factories with a capitalization of $502 million. He left a trust fund to Trinity College that provided for the erection of buildings and facilities; the name of the college was changed to Duke Univ. He also gave large amounts for hospitals, orphanages, and churches.
See biographies by J. W. Jenkins (1927, repr. 1971) and J. K. Winkler (1942).
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It's been a while since I've taken the time to blog with last year being so busy. I had so many amazing opportunities in using my voice last year that I'm truly grateful for. I believe the last time I blogged was after I got home from Pittsburgh, PA. From there I travelled to Denver, CO - El Paso, TX - South Padre Island, TX - and finally, Galloway, NJ. Alot of flying/driving in those last couple of months of the year, but was honored to be able to use my voice and share my story with others. One of the most amazing experiences I had was in El Paso speaking at their "Help. Hope. Healing!" conference for crime victims. Talk about POWERFUL. I usually share my story at conferences that are attended by law enforcement, judges, district attorneys, social workers, therapists, nurses, etc., but to speak infront of hundreds of crime victims...wow, it was unbelievable. To be able to stand up and show a room full of people that "it'll be okay" and see the hope in their eyes is an indescribable feeling. I love what they're doing in El Paso and I'm hoping after meeting with our head DA, Jack Roady, here in Galveston County, we'll be able to soon start a yearly conference of our own for crime victims to bring more awareness to our communities in this area...it's greatly needed and I know will be beneficial and positive in so many ways!
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Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 8 recap
I had a long intro that I worked on over the week: it was about Mike's loyalty to his crew and Walt's constant demand for gratification and accolades. But once I watched the episode I scrapped it because Breaking Bad moves quickly; yes it is layered, nuanced and complicated, but it also tells a linear story that evolves and grows even if, as viewers, we aren't emotionally done with a character yet. I'm not done with Mike (or Gus or Gale or even Jane for that matter) but their stories are over, at least in the physical sense. Their ghosts may be lingering, but the story moves on so we must too. But damn it, I hated to see Mike in the trunk of a car, a little old man sentenced to a vat of acid.
Walt is sitting in his office, staring at Mike's desk while a fly buzzes overhead. Walt looks tired and weary, deep creases are etched in his face. It's like he's absorbed Mike's exhaustion. The fly buzzing of course brings up memories of the revered "Fly" episode, when Walt and Jesse spent hours trying to kill a buzzer in the superlab. To me, that fly represented the futility of Walt's problem-solving cycle. Sure he can kill the one right in front of him, but another fly always seemed to reappear when all is quiet. The next irritant is waiting to get in.
Walt meets with Lydia to get the 9 names, and she proposes an even bigger distribution network, specifically shipping to the Czech Republic to fill an above-average demand for meth. Walt agrees, and the poison he hid under the porkpie hat goes unused. Walt calls in creepy Todd's uncle for a massive jailhouse hit on the 9 remaining names; at the meeting, Walt acts like an eccentric, esoteric drug kingpin, wondering about the cheap artwork while the hit men talk logistics. Walt knows that these 9 men have valuable information and must be taken out quickly and before the DEA realizes what has happened. And taken out quickly they are: the murders are fast and brutal, they are struck down with military precision as the clock ticks loudly.
Walt is playing with Holly and the news is on in the background, blaring the story of the 9 men killed in jail. Again, Walt is on the periphery of violence. It's never right in front of him, but always off to the side where it can't hurt him. Hank comes home and is upset over the murders not just because his informants are gone, but because 9 men are dead, and even if they were bad guys, they died terrible deaths. Hank's silence is so sincere compared to Walt's sappy, artificial cancer monologue or comically tearful marriage confession.
With Lydia's massive Czech order and his existing deal, Walt is busy, seemingly cooking round the clock. Walt is an empire now, and what's a modern-day empire but a corporation that requires consistency, organization, structure and management (he's got the branding down pat). So this is what Walt sold his soul for: to cook day-and-night and go home to a loveless marriage and no children. Running an empire isn't nearly as fun as building it. Think of Gus, working the front lines at his fast-food chicken joints; he may have been obscenely wealthy and powerful, but he was a businessman, first and foremost. Yes Walt has it all (money, control, autonomy and safety) but he also has the monotony of production and the endless grind of being CEO.
Skyler is hanging out with Holly and Marie very sweetly but firmly tells Skyler it's time for the kids to go home and that she and Hank now feel they may be doing more harm than good to the White family.
Skyler goes home to find Walt staring out at the pool (a contemplative Walt is scary) and asks him to take a drive. They arrive at a storage facility and she unveils a pile of money; so much money she lost count a long time ago. And Skyler asks Walt a question he probably had never considered, but dammit it if it isn't the only question he should be asking: how much is their family worth? Faced with this pile of money he has to quantify his empire, his kids and his life.
Walt goes in for a check-up and sees the towel dispenser he dramatically punched after finding out he was in remission, back when he was angry over being denied his perfect ending.
Walt goes to visit Jesse (earlier in the episode, he had dismissed him from the office), and Jesse looks nervous, scared and out of sorts. Walt spots Jesse's bong and smirks (don't judge Mr. White!) and they have a conversation about their old RV – there's nostalgia in humble beginnings, and as they reminisce about running out of gas, Jesse wonders why they still kept it even after they earned money, to which Walt summarizes, "Inertia." (This seems a lot like the reminiscing Walt did with his former Gray Matter partner about ramen noodles, except in that scenario Walt was Jesse – sheepish and apprehensive.) Jesse agrees about the inertia (but perhaps doesn't know what that means) and it seems as if Walt is preparing for an inevitable change. Walt leaves bags of money outside for Jesse - $5 million presumably – and says goodbye. I want to think this isn't a head game, but no matter Walt's intent, Jesse is shaken (he opened the bag as if he was expecting to find Mike's body in it). He tells Walt he knows what happened (I'm assuming he meant Mike, as well as the 9) and when Walt leaves Jesse slides a gun out from his waistband. He is terrified of Walt, but still he sits in his house, smoking and getting high, too inert to even run.
In the "Fly" episode, exhausted and delirious from sleeping pills, Walt said there must be some combination of words that would help Skyler understand what he's done. She may not ever fully understand, but Walt finally found the right combination: "I'm out." And it looks like he means it. Why now? I suspect he wants his life back, he's tired of cooking, he's slayed his Gray Matter demon and the thrill is gone. Heisenberg wants Walter White's life.
Sunrise, sunset, a bright sunny day and a backyard meal at the White house with Hank and Marie. It's normal, but not: Finn is pushing Holly around the pool (I gauge the White's familial happiness by Walt Jr's name, so clearly they aren't all healed yet) and the conversation is ordinary but friendly: Hank is going to brew more beer and Marie wants to change her hair colour. But it's taut and heart pounding too, the mundaneness is wrong – something is off. It reminds me so much of the last, stressful scene of The Sopranos, when Meadow was trying to park while the family waited inside.
Hank goes to the bathroom, drops trou and picks up some reading material. He rifles through the magazines and picks up a book. IT'S THE F-CKING WALT WHITMAN POEM BOOK. They've done a close-up on this book at least once this episode, who knows how many times it's been shown this season. And he opens it and reads the inscription. His FACE. Hank knows.
Inscription (from AMCTV episode recap): "To my other favorite W.W. It's an honor working with you. Fondly, G.B."
They provided flashbacks, but if you watch religiously (like I know you all do), you knew the second he opened that book that Hank would finally see what has been under his nose: Heisenberg is Walt and Walt is Heisenberg.
Let's process this. Holy sh-t, right?
And it cracks next season wide open: Walt is on the run but why? From who? With the turn of a page, everything has changed.
And how great is it the that the writers gave us Mike's death and this moment on screen. I always wondered if Hank knew (clearly not) and they could have had him find out between this season and next, or a million ways that we wouldn't have witnessed. But they gave it to us in a deliberate, concentrated moment and didn't shy away from the reveal. With all the violence, rage and bold heists this season, it was a book of poems by a 19th century poet that finally connected the dots. A dead man's thoughtfulness – not vengeance, anger or greed – will catapult Walt into his biggest crisis yet. Next stop: New Hampshire.
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UNITED NATIONS - The president of the U.N. Security Council said Monday that many members are pressing to follow up on last week's resolution to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons with a demand that the government allow immediate access for desperately needed humanitarian aid.
Australian Ambassador and council president Gary Quinlan said a draft Security Council statement calls for delivering access in "the most effective ways, including across conflict lines and, where appropriate, across borders from neighboring countries ..." if necessary to bypass meddling from President Bashar Assad's regime in Damascus.
The Security Council had been effectively deadlocked on the Syria crisis for more than two years until it unanimously adopted a resolution Friday endorsing a U.S.-Russian plan to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile.
Russia and China had cast vetoes three times in the past to block council action on Syria.
But with Syria facing a U.S. threat of military action in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack on Aug. 21 that killed hundreds of civilians in a Damascus suburb, Russia relented and let the anti-chemical weapons resolution pass -- with a key loophole. It called for consequences if Syria does not cooperate, but adopting sanctions or enforcement action would require the council to pass another sanction resolution, which Russia could then veto.
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told The Associated Press that Russia approved of the draft statement on humanitarian aid as well.
The statement would call for demilitarizing hospitals, schools and residential neighborhoods. It would condemn "increased terrorist attacks resulting in numerous casualties and destruction carried out by organizations and individuals associated with al-Qaida."
It will also condemn "the widespread violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by the Syrian authorities, as well as any human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law by armed groups."
It stresses "the need to end impunity for violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights, and reaffirms that those who have committed or are otherwise responsible for such violations and abuses in Syria must be brought to justice."
Quinlan said they decided to opt for quick passage of a non-binding statement to capitalize on the council's new-found unity on Syria, rather than risk getting bogged down in prolonged negotiations for an enforceable resolution.


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Doughboy Park
The Daily Plant : Wednesday, August 1, 2001
Ralph (Smooth Rock) Alvarez is Bronx's Employee of the Month for
July. Smooth Rock joined Parks on November 25, 1988. Smooth Rock currently works
as a WEP Crew Chief in District 7 of the Bronx, where he is in charge of maintaining
ten miles of park and service roads along Mosholu Parkway. Smooth Rock rises to
the unique challenge of caring for an area that sees constant vehicle traffic.
He and the eight WEPs under his supervision work hard to make sure the highly
visible parkway is well kept, and he has helped District 7 achieve 92% cleanliness
ratings so far this year. For his dedication and service to the Bronx, Smooth
Rock was nominated by Scout.
Karen E. (Overtime) Gripper is Brooklyn's Employee of the Month for July. Overtime joined Parks on June 24, 1985 and currently works as Center Manager of St. John's Recreation Center. Under Overtime's care, St. John's has realized increased membership, attendance and revenue, and received an overall score of 4 out of 5, above the city average, on its last center inspection. Overtime has concentrated on opening up the center to teens. Working with Teens at Parks (TAP) she has sponsored teen skating, cooking, swimming, dance and technology courses. She has also assisted with capital improvements including the creation of a conference room and Computer Resource Center, and the upgrading of the fitness center. For her contributions to Brooklyn recreation, Overtime was nominated by Satellite.
Douglas T. (Slugfest) Still is Capital Projects' Employee of the Month for July. Slugfest joined Parks on August 26, 1996 after receiving his Masters in Urban Forestry. Slugfest currently works as the Assistant Director of Street Tree Planting at Central Forestry. Slugfest monitors the progress of nine borough foresters, who coordinate the planting of nearly 15,000 trees a year. Slugfest has also taken on special projects including teaching tree identification courses, and installing tree guards on Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues in Manhattan. For his service and friendship to New York City's trees, Slugfest was nominated by Treetop.
Edwin (Rich Port) Falcon is Citywide Services' Employee of the Month for July. Rich Port joined Parks on August 1, 1988. He currently works as a Lieutenant with the Urban Park Rangers out of Manhattan South, including Battery Park. Rich Port has helped to improve park safety by taking aggressive stands against unleashed dogs, illegal vendors, and unruly patrons. In his many years with PEP, Rich Port forged close relationships with both Parks M&O and with the NYPD. These contacts help Parks respond more quickly and effectively to security concerns. For his improved work and commitment to Parks Enforcement, Rich Port was nominated by Bronco.
Debbie E. (Polyester) Weiss is Management's Employee of the Month for July. Polyester joined Parks on June 14, 1999 from and currently works in Central Recreation. Throughout the school year, Polyester coordinates the recently developed Parks Enhanced After-School Program, which focuses on fine arts, literacy and drama at seven recreation centers. This summer Polyester is in charge of 17 summer festivals being held in parks throughout the city. She also works closely with Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation, which funds youth baseball clinics. Polyester's hard work, flexibility and persistence have resulted in many successful projects serving the city's youth. A valuable asset to Recreation, Polyester was nominated by Iceman and Catalan.
Ryszard K. (Gdynia) Ossowski is Manhattan's Employee of the Month for July. Gdynia joined Parks on September 9, 1990 as a seasonal CPW in Brooklyn. He became a permanent employee in 1993, and currently works as an APSW in Manhattan's District 3, which includes Tompkins Square Park and East River Park. Gdynia serves as District 3's primary packer operator. Each day, he reliably keeps to his route ensuring that all garbage is picked up on time. He has maintained his schedule despite recent changes in waste dumping prompted by the closing of Sanitation's Manhattan waste transfer sites. Dependable and dedicated, Gdynia was nominated by Tavola.
Gary D. (Neutral) Fello is Queens' Employee of the Month for July. Neutral joined Parks on April 1, 1985 and currently works as a CPW in District 2 in Queens, which includes Doughboy Park and Windmuller Park. Neutral has been assigned to District 2 for nearly a decade, and in that time has become recognized by Parks employees and patrons alike as a dedicated and effective Parkie. He quickly assesses maintenance needs and then applies himself to find the best solution, whether using different tools or spending extra time on a project. His attention to detail has helped District 2 achieve 91.2% cleanliness ratings so far in 2001. An important asset to Queens parks, Neutral was nominated by Apothecary.
Christopher W. (Bobcat) Pallotta is Staten Island's Employee of the Month for July. Bobcat joined Parks on May 10, 2000 and currently works as a CPW at the Staten Island Dispatch Garage. Bobcat brings a number of skills to the garage, including a CDL license and a Pesticide Application certificate. Beyond his normal driving duties, Bobcat assists with special events, and helps with Wenger Wagon and bleacher operations. In the last year, Bobcat has shown the ability to work quickly and effectively. A promising new employee in Staten Island, Bobcat was nominated by Garage Dispatch Supervisor Jeff Askloff.
Jason R. (Oquaga) Stanevich is the Commissioner's Employee of the Month for July. Oquaga started with Parks on December 28, 1999 working with Liquidator as a Benefits Coordinator. The following spring, Oquaga headed up Ivory's Record Retention Initiative and effectively reorganized and tracked Parks records at Chelsea Rec. Center. Once Chelsea was complete, Oquaga was promoted to Northside's office to work alongside Red Rock in Field Operations. Oquaga quickly became the agency's lead representative on the Mayor's Rat and West Nile Task Forces, working with OEM and the Department of Health to eradicate mosquitoes and rodents for the City's 28,000 acres of parkland. This summer, Oquaga is monitoring our beaches and pools, responding to emergencies 24/7. For his hard work and achievement, Oquaga was nominated by Northside and Red Rock.
By Keith T. (Kermit) Kerman and Sarah (Cria) Coleman
>>Go to Employee Awards Program Page
(Wednesday, August 3, 1988)
SummerStage presents an exciting August Friday night performance series featuring Ralph Lee and the Mettawee River Company, who present "The Ringdove" on August 12 at 8:30 P.M.; a revival of Ping Chong and Company's "Kind Ness" on August 19 at 9 P.M.; and a monologue by Quentin Crisp on August 26 at 8:30 P.M. The free series will take place at the Central Park Bandshell, mid-park at 72nd Street.
"The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and
mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession."
Sallust [Gaius Sallustius Crispus] 86-34 B.C.
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te here at Monster Energy Supercross from Salt Lake City, and the two riders hoping to stave off Ryan Villopoto's championship celebration have stated their case. Davi Millsaps topped both 450 SX sessions on his Rockstar Energy Racing Suzuki and Ryan Dungey was second overall on his Red Bull KTM, and both need to finish ahead of Ryan Villopoto tonight to keep their championship hopes alive heading into next weekend's Las Vegas SX finale.
Millsaps was especially strong, setting times on the top of the board early in each session. The whoops are especially tough here in Salt Lake City, and DM18 ate them up. Davi usually seems to do well at this race, and battled Dungey for the win last year. But that was the 2012 Millsaps, who was good en route to second in the season standings, but wasn't able to seal the deal on a win. This year, Millsaps has been even stronger and has two race victories to his name. Clearly, he has what it takes to get it done and win tonight's race.
Dungey is certainly motivated, too, and while gnarly whoop sections have not been the forte of the Dungey/KTM combo the last two seasons, he had no troubles in the deep set so far today. As for Monster Energy Kawasaki's Villopoto, he had a few small crashes throughout the day, but overall rode well. It's going to be a battle tonight.
Don't forget the Honda men, like last week's winner Justin Barcia and his teammate Trey Canard. Canard looked quite relaxed and creative out there today. Give either rider a start, and they'll be in the mix. JGR Yamaha's Justin Brayton was also very fast in the first session, second in times behind Millsaps. He seemed especially strong in the whoops again, but the whoops weren't quite as tough in session two, and Brayton ended up seventh in that session.
Ken Roczen is doing the right things to try to win the 250 West Title.
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Ken Roczen also has a shot at sealing a title tonight on his Red Bull KTM, and he was fastest in practice. Eli Tomac has won both times he has raced here and needs to beat Roczen to boost his chances of defending his West 250 Title. But Tomac wasn't as blazing fast today as he normally is, ending up tenth fastest overall in the class. He'll need to bounce back for the night show, or this title is going to Roczen.
Martin Davalos was fastest in the first session, and his time held up for second overall behind Roczen. But Davalos had a crash in session two that ended his session there early. He should be okay to race, but might be banged up. Jason Anderson, Zach Osborne and Ryan Sipes rounded out the top five in the 250s.


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I have a love/hate relationship with Play-Doh or any kind of clay for that matter (it's a close second to glitter). I know it helps our children build their imaginations and creativity and I get all that. I loved Gumby and Pokey and had fun with Play-Doh back in my day. I just HATE the mess of it all now.
My 4 year old is obsessed with Play-Doh right now and it's partially our fault for showing her some You Tube video with all different Play-Doh type sets and activities, etc. You see that face over there? She LOVES her Play-Doh. She has a few TRU gift cards and she chose this Sofia one and the other is the Frozen set.
Maybe it's because of all these sets now – that can make anything from flowers to ice cream to even a dental impression- all those molds pop out extra tid-bits of clay goodness everywhere whereas back in my day…Back in MY day, we just rolled them and shaped them with our hands and cut them with plastic knives and used other things for molds, etc., but nothing too intricate to leave small pieces everywhere. I remember I didn't even want to mix colors together because they would get all smooshed together, but these days, they encourage that – make a burger with lettuce, tomatoes, etc! make an ice cream sundae with extra toppings! make a cupcake with frosting and sprinkles! make pretty flowers of all different colors!
I have to say though,when she gets going, she is so focused and it gives me joy watching her so excited and even interactive – like she's story telling. It doesn't, however, make me happy to see my already cramped craft table (and surrounding chairs and floor area) looking like this…Me thinks we need to get another kiddie table up in here, up in here.
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Salvador D. Petilos was appointed as acting director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC) in 2012. The DABC has approximately 600 employees and operates a statewide network of stores and contracts with package agencies that sell all alcoholic beverages containing more than 4% alcohol by volume. The department also administers liquor laws, provides alcohol education and manages the licensing of businesses that service, manufacture and distribute alcoholic products to Utah's consumers. The department strives to cultivate a healthy and safe culture in which alcohol is sold to adults only and is consumed responsibly. In Fiscal Year 2012, retail sales topped $320 million of which over $120 million was returned to the state in the form of contributions to the school lunch program, the general fund and state and local taxes.
Petilos moved to Utah in 1994 to study Political Economy at Utah State University. While at USU he served as a Health Care Policy Analyst for the Institute of Political Economy and instructor in the Political Science Department. Since leaving USU, he has devoted his life to public service. He began his career in state government as an internal auditor with the Office of the Legislative Auditor General. He then joined the Utah Department of Administrative Services Internal Audit Team and eventually progressed to director of Internal Audit. He served as deputy director of the Department of Administrative Services prior to being appointed director of DABC.
Petilos is a graduate of Rutgers College, and Rutgers University. He studied at Fordham University School of Law and engaged in the general practice of law prior to his relocation to Utah.
Outside of work, Petilos is a devoted husband and father of two fabulous, energetic daughters. He is an avid skier and can be found on the slopes with his daughters when his schedule allows.


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Justin Bieber was tackled onstage by a fan at a show in Dubai last weekend, but was able to shrug off the incident and continue the show. The singer was performing at the Sevens Stadium as part of his Believe tour when a young fan rushed the stage. The fan grabbed Bieber as he was playing piano, but security guards quickly grabbed the intruder, causing the piano to flip over. Bieber escaped unscathed, swiftly moved to the other side of the stage and continued with the rest of the song.
Drugs Found on Justin Bieber Tour Bus
After the scuffle, Bieber left the stage for a few minutes before returning for an encore, Abu Dhabi's The National reports. "Dubai. Nothing stops the show," Bieber tweeted.
It's the latest odd incident with the 19-year-old: last month, Swedish police found drugs and a stun gun in his tour bus. He also visited the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam and wrote in the guestbook that he hoped the teenage Holocaust victim would've "been a belieber."
He also faces a possible fine for an illegal tattoo that he gave in New York last summer, and got into an alleged confrontation with a neighbor in March. His pet monkey has been detained in Germany since March due to improper paperwork, and Bieber has left the creature behind while touring.


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Bidder for The Middletown Press parent will decide which employees to retain, letter says
The sole bidder in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy auction of the Journal Register Co. will decide which of the company's employees it wants to retain as the sale of The Middletown Press' parent company moves forward.
A letter has been sent to all of the company's employees explaining that when 21st CMH Acquisition Co. completes its acquisition of JRC, it will be up to the new owner which of JRC's existing employees it wants to hire. The completion of the sale is expected to occur on or about April 17. 21st CMH Acquisition is a subsidiary of Alden Global Capital LLC, which is the owner of JRC.
"The notices sent to all Journal Register Company employees -- from part-time staffers to managers to the executive team -- are the next step in the Company's ongoing sale process," said Jonathan Cooper, vice president of media relations and employee communication for Digital First Media, which jointly manages JRC and MediaNews Group. "Journal Register Company's leadership team cannot speak on behalf of the new owner, but has continually expressed to the purchaser that a competent and competitive workforce is critical to the Company's success moving forward."
The notices to workers come after the auction of JRC concluded last week with 21st CMH Acquisition Co. as the only bidder. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved the details of the auction in December.
The court has a hearing scheduled Thursday at which time the court will decide whether to approve the 21st CMH Acquisition bid.
Cooper said he could not speak for the new owners regarding whether the company's employees would have to reapply for their jobs.
The process that JRC is going through "is quite common in bankruptcy proceedings," said John Collard, chairman of Strategic Management Partners, an Annapolis, Md., business turnaround firm.
"When somebody buys a company out of bankruptcy, they are buying a specific list of assets, usually not 100 percent of what the existing business has," Collard said. "While they can purchase assets, it's not possible to purchase employees. So the acquiring company comes to employees and offers them the same terms they had with the old company or different terms."
Collard said it is likely that 21st CMH Acquisition Co. will not retain all of the JRC's employees.
The Connecticut Department of Labor on Tuesday received a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice from the company. The WARN Act is a federal law requiring employers of 100 or more full-time workers to give 60-days advance notice of a potential plant closing or mass layoff.
JRC has 285 employees, including 111 newsroom staffers, working at its Connecticut publications who could be affected if any layoffs were to occur, according to the WARN filing with the state.
JRC's Chapter 11 bankruptcy declaration in September 2012 was the second time in three years that the company went to court to seek protection from its creditors. The company previously was under Chapter 11 bankruptcy for a six-month period during 2009.
But when JRC emerged from Chapter 11 protection in August 2009, it still had approximately $225 million in debt that includes leases, defined benefit pensions and other liabilities. John Paton, chief executive officer of Digital First Media, said JRC can "no longer afford the legacy obligations incurred in the past."
At the time of the filing in September, Paton said that, "The Journal Register Company has made solid progress in its digital transformation in the last two years, more than doubling its digital audience with 235 percent digital revenue growth from 2009 to 2011. But that transformation is threatened by a decline in print advertising revenue -- the company's largest revenue source -- and legacy costs incurred when Journal Register Company's total revenues were nearly twice the size it is today. Since 2009 the company's pension liabilities grew 52 percent."
In addition to the Press, JRC owns several other Connecticut publications, including Connecticut magazine, the New Haven Register, and The Register Citizen of Torrington. Overall, the company's more than 350 multi-platform products reach an audience of 21 million people each month, according to its website.
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My kids and I went to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago this week. This is one of our favorite museums because it's FILLED with hands-on exhibits. My kids never say, "I'm bored. Can we leave yet?" when we're there. Usually, it's more like, "Just five more minutes, Mom? This is fun!" You could spend an entire day at the Museum of Science and Industry and not cover everything (although the museum isn't so huge that you'd walk away feeling like you'd hardly made a dent).
If you don't live in Chicagoland, you can still enjoy the museum at home. The MSI, Chicago is offering the Summer Brain Games, a FREE online activity kit featuring weekly, at-home experiments on summery science themes! It's free to participate and the experiments use items that are easily and inexpensively purchased, or found around the house. Kids (and adults) of all ages will love the Summer Brain Games! I mean, who wouldn't love to build a catapault to use in an extra-fun water balloon fight? And I can't think of a better way to learn about temperature changes than by making ice cream, can you?
And what a great way to fight the summer brain drain that inevitably affects all kids over the summer? You know what I'm talking about - your kids' brains turn to pudding as they forget everything they learned in school throughout the year. And let's not forget about the "I'm bored"s that set in during the summer. The Summer Brain Games are a great way to combat that with fun and engaging information about science that's around us all summer -and year- long. Why do cans of regular pop sink in the cooler while diet pop floats? What's happening when a beam of light bounces off certain objects and not others?
The program just kicked off Monday, June 18 so you can sign up now! Just go to msichicago.org/summerbrain to register! Families who register to be "Summer Brainiacs" will receive a voucher good for a FREE general admission ticket to MSI. Participants will get weekly emails with tips on each experiment and additional ways to play with science this summer. And each week, one lucky winner will receive a family membership to MSI for a year of hands-on science fun! Participants will also be invited to share their Summer Brain Games experiences with photos and essays about what they learned for a chance to win a tech package - a notebook computer, iPad and digital camera! How cool is that?!
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Summer Brain Games
Posted by Dawn at 6:12 PM
3 comments:
- Flibbertigibbet said...
We *loved* the Museum of Science and Industry when we visited Chicago from the UK in 2010!
We *did* spend the whole day there... it was really quiet and just brilliant doing all the experiments... the tornado cubicle, the big spinny thing with the sand on it, whinging the balls across from one side of the room to the other... trying to land the space shuttle (I was rubbish). Taking part in a muppets theatre production - so what I was 38!? And touring the Uboat - a-mazing... if you live in Chicago and haven't been - GO!
- June 21, 2012 at 6:35 AM
- Donna Mc said...
FYI - there is MOSI in Tampa. My kids love it. That's not too far from Orlando.
- June 23, 2012 at 3:47 PM
- Kimberly said...
I just posted about this week's project (we skipped last week). I linked back here. Hope that's OK!
- June 27, 2012 at 3:07 PM
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Hannah Sheebee = DECA QUEEN!!!
Jace Nybo will definately carry bismarck high deca but larry rehn needs to get his kids in more than one event for bismarck to have a chance at a state title. if rehn does this expect bismarck to come out on top and start their own "DECA DYNASTY" that will reign for many years to come...you all just better watch out for Jace Nybo bismarcks next big thing


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We have a brief post to share on Kate's appearances for Sunday's Paralympic Games.
Kate started the day with a visit to watch men's rowing in Windsor. She reprised pieces we have seen previously at the Games: Team GB apparel, skinny jeans, and red Adidas trainers.
The Duchess was joined by the Wessexes for the event.
Here you see her with Lady Louise, Sophie and Edward's daughter.
A closer look at the Adidas sneakers.
The Duchess then made a change to something more formal, she was presenting medals for the winners in the Discus competition.
Kate was able to award the Gold Medal to Team GB's Aled Davies.
Mr. Davies had already won a Bronze Medal this week, he shared his excitement at winning in this Tweet.
Kate brought back her Pucci blazer and Paralympics scarf.
Some may remember the blazer from Kate's visit with the Team GB Hockey teams back in March 2012. The blazer is a classic double-breasted style with peak lapels, double vents, gold buttons on the front and at the cuff.
The Duchess wore her Corkswoon wedges by Stuart Weitzman.
And her Team GB Paralympic scarf.
Next UK still shows the scarves as being available, the small size is discounted to just £2.50, roughly $4 at today's exchange rates.
We aren't positive about what Kate wore beneath the jacket. We don't believe it to be the Roland Mouret Manon dress, as some initially thought, that frock has a slit at the back lower hem and an exposed zipper, traits missing from the piece Kate wore. My guess is that it is a dress and not a skirt, the bunching and wrinkling at the upper hip (two photos up) look like what one might see with a dress, not as likely with a skirt. We'll update when we find out. It was a fine look for the Duchess, very much in keeping with the low key styles she has been wearing since the Olympics started in July.
One quick note from Links of London USA, the company is doing free shipping on all orders over $300 through midnight tonight.


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A former Denso Corp. executive is expected to serve one year and one day in a U.S. prison after agreeing to plead guilty to one charge of obstruction of justice in the federal government's ongoing price-fixing investigation of auto suppliers.
Between February 2010 and March 2010, Kazuaki Fujitani was general manager of Denso's Toyota sales division when he deleted "numerous emails and electronic documents" after learning the FBI executed a search warrant on Denso's U.S. subsidiary in Southfield, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. The felony charge, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years and a $250,000 criminal fine, was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Detroit.
The files Fujitani deleted - from Aug. 1, 2009, to Jan. 4, 2010 - showed communications between Denso and one or more of its competitors about "requests for quotation" made by Toyota for the heater control panel of the Toyota Avalon, according to a court document. Toyota owns about a 22 percent stake in Denso.
The Japanese supplier pleaded guilty in March 2012 and was ordered to pay a $78 million criminal fine for price-fixing its heater control panels and electronic control units.
"We take this matter very seriously," Denso said in a statement Thursday. "As per the plea agreement made between the U.S. Department of Justice and Denso on Jan. 30, 2012, we've been fully cooperating with the DOJ investigation. We have been taking various measures to further ensure our employees comply with all applicable antitrust laws."
Fujitani is one of 29 executives who have been charged in the investigation, which is being handled by the Justice Department's antitrust arm and the FBI. So far, 26 companies have pleaded guilty or agreed to do so with more than $2.25 billion in fines, according to the Department of Justice.
Similar investigations have been under way in Canada, Europe and Asia.
"Today's charge demonstrates the Antitrust Division's commitment to protecting the integrity of grand jury investigations," Brent Snyder, deputy assistant attorney general of the Antitrust Division's criminal enforcement program, in Thursday's statement. "The division will vigorously prosecute individuals who destroy evidence in an attempt to conceal their participation in illegal conspiracies."
Denso ranks No. 2 on the Automotive News list of the top 100 global suppliers, with estimated worldwide sales to automakers of $34.2 billion in its 2012 fiscal year.
Vince Bond Jr. writes for Automotive News, a sister publication of Crain's Detroit Business.


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Running with the Wolf (Pack)?
By Eno Sarris
Because of the volatility of the position
and the sheer number of available starters, it's usually a good idea to
wait to draft your pitching in the middle rounds. Finding a 13th-round starter that cam match Randy Wolf's 2009 performance is the goal. Let's look at one starter who could match Wolf's '09 numbers this season: Wolf, again.
33-year-old left-handler owns a B-Rank (Bloomberg's proprietary ranking
of all players) of 160. That's slightly ahead of his 174.70 average
draft position as supplied by the Bloomberg Fantasy Sports Engine.
That means Wolf he figures to come reasonably cheap despite posting
strong numbers in 2009: a 3.23 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 11 wins and 160
strikeouts. Compare those numbers to Gavin Floyd, who owns a 136
B-Rank on the heels of his 4.06 ERA and 1.23 WHIP last season, and you would be
forgiven for thinking that Wolf is a value pick.
You'd be forgiven, but you'd probably be wrong.
are plenty of warning signs emanating from this Wolf in wolf's
clothing. The first should be obvious from his injury history. Take a
look at Corey Dawkin's Pitch f/x Injury Tool,
you'll see an extensive list of elbow problems (seven separate
trips to the DL over his 11-year career, 453 days lost to the DL,
and three arm and shoulder surgeries, including Tommy John surgery in
2005). Per his Bloomberg player card, you can also see that Wolf threw
the second-most pitches of his career last year (3,286); the last time
he threw that many pitches in a season, he lost 40 innings to injury
the next
The warning signs are not only injury-related. There are plenty of
worrisome numbers too. Check out this chart from the Bloomberg's Fantasy
engine, which shows Wolf's strikeouts and ERA versus the top ten NL
you can see, Wolf sports a decent, but not great strikeout rate: 6.72
strikeouts per 9 IP, vs. the major-league average of 6.99 in 2009.
MLB's average batting average on balls
in play (BABIP) usually comes in around .300 – it was .303 in 2009. Wolf's career number in that category is
.294. Last year? Wolf posted a career-best .257 BABIP, tied for the lowest in baseball among qualified starting pitchers with Jarrod Washburn. That's likely an unsustainable figure.
it gets worse – Wolf is moving
from a park with a .876 park factor for home runs (meaning Dodger
Stadium suppressed home runs by 12.4%) to a park with a 1.069 park
factor for home runs (hitters gain a 6.9% edge with the long ball).
That means that just based on park factor alone,
Wolf is likely to yield several more home runs in 2010. When you
consider that Wolf's home run rate last year (1.01 HR/9) was better
than his career mark (1.13 HR/9), you'll see how he benefited from
pitching in Dodger
Stadium. Lastly, Wolf stranded 77.5% of base runners
last year, which was much better than the league average (71.9%).
Wolf's strand rate was 16th-highest in the majors, and much higher than
his career
number (73.5% LOB).
So, once you take a harder look at Randy
Wolf, you realize that much of his success last year was
context-specific. He had a great defense behind him in a great
pitcher's park last year, and had
some good luck on balls in play. Look somewhere else for your mid-round
value starting
pitcher in 2010.
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Let's divert ourselves with a game, shall we? I'll post a photo of some creature, or more likely the head of some creature, carved as an architectural detail on one of the buildings here in downtown Seattle. You say where it is.
The rules of play are not stringent. You can use any means at your disposal. Obviously, any local or visiting contestant enjoys unlimited access to the streets themselves. This is the ideal way to play and it is my hope that anyone who lives or works or is staying in Seattle will go outside and start looking up.
But because many of you who are likely to stumble upon this divertissement do not raise your smoke here in Seattle, remote methods of search are allowed. You may use Google Street View and Bing's oblique birds-eye views and any other similar mapping applications. You may use current and vintage photographs, your memory, other people's memories (including lore handed down to you by the elders of your tribe), and even SWAGs.*
You may join up in groups to make the search more fun and to dilute the embarrassment when one of you walks into a parking meter.
Some will be ridiculously easy. Some will be impossibly hard. The first person who correctly identifies the name of the building — or the address of the building, or the intersection the building stands at, or even the location of the building in terms of nicknames or landmarks — wins. Wins in the intransitive sense, that is. You don't win "s.t." like a prize, you just win. Actually, okay, you win a limerick with your first name in it, that's what you win.
I will post a photo (or several photos) of a gargoyle occasionally, regardless whether or not the last one has yet been identified. Use the comments to submit your answers. When someone submits the correct identification of a gargoyle, I will use the comments likewise to announce the winner for that photo. Otherwise, I will leave the photos unidentified forever and ever amen. Unless no one participates and I can't stand it and have to name them.
We're calling it a gargoyle hunt but most of these are gargoyles only in the most liberal sense of the word. Very few channel rainwater and fewer still take the shape of demons. Fact, most of them are lions with mouths as dry as Westerville, Ohio.
I may give clues for the harder ones if the humor takes me.
Remember to click the photos for larger views.
Ready? Happy hunting!


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This Summer, Drink to Your Health!
Here comes summer and it's getting hot! Do you reach for a soda? A cold beer? Maybe an iced latté? Even people who carefully monitor what's on their plate may pay little attention to what's in their glass. But so long as we're taking in enough liquid, does it matter what we drink? Nutritionists assure us that it does!
Recently, a team from Virginia Tech took a look at data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, which tracked the diet and health of 16,000 adults in the U.S. during the years 2005 – 2010. The researchers wanted to determine if beverage choices were tied to better health. The results of the study, published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, showed that people who not only took in enough fluid, but also chose healthy beverages, had lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and a lower rate of obesity.
Which beverage choices contribute to good health? There's been plenty of research about the health problems associated with sodas. But what about coffee, tea, milk, fruit juice, alcoholic beverages and other drinks we enjoy? Caloric intake is part of the equation; the Virginia Tech team recommends that we take in less than 10 percent of our daily calories from beverages.
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, which is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, offers the following four tips for staying hydrated and healthy in the summer:
- Drink plenty of refreshing, calorie-free water. Water does the body good. Without any unnecessary calories, it helps your muscles and brain stay hydrated for optimal physical and mental performance. How much water you need depends on your gender, size and activity level; larger, more active people need more water. Drink enough for your urine to be pale or almost colorless. "Add slices of citrus fruit, strawberries or cucumber to water to make the flavor more appealing, which may help you drink more," said registered dietitian nutritionist Kelly Pritchett.
- Limit soda and sugar-sweetened drinks. More than 35 percent of added sugars in the United States come from soft drinks. "Make beverages like soda, sweetened teas, fruit drinks, sports drinks, 'energy' drinks or your favorite coffee drink a special treat instead of a daily need," Pritchett says. "They have little if any nutritional value and they add a significant amount of calories to your diet." Sports drinks are appropriate for athletes engaged in moderate- to high-intensity exercise that lasts an hour or longer.
- Add milk and milk alternatives daily. Milk is one of the best sources of calcium for the body and can be a good way to keep hydrated, as it contains almost 90 percent water. "Whether it's flavored or unflavored, milk offers calcium, phosphorus, protein, riboflavin and vitamin D," Pritchett says. Nondairy alternatives that are fortified with calcium and vitamin D can be nutrient-rich alternatives for vegans and those with milk allergies or intolerances.
- Drink alcohol in moderation. Barbecues, picnics, beach parties and baseball games are all traditional venues for drinking alcohol, but alcohol actually has a diuretic effect, meaning it can dehydrate the body. "If you feel thirsty, drink water first and alternate a glass or two of water in between each alcoholic beverage to keep your body hydrated," Pritchett says. Women should limit themselves to one alcoholic drink per day, while men should limit consumption to two drinks per day.
"Fluids, like food, are essential for our health, but it's important to remember that not all beverages are treated the same," Pritchett says. For more information about which fluids are best for your lifestyle, consult a registered dietitian nutritionist and learn more at www.eatright.org.
Special Concerns of Older Adults
Seniors may need to pay special attention to their fluid intake. They are at higher risk of dehydration because the part of the brain that signals thirst does not function as well as we age. Certain medications and health conditions can interfere with fluid balance. And practical challenges can stand in the way. Dr. Lee Hooper of the University of East Anglia in the UK explains, "Older people often drink less than younger people for a variety of reasons. Loss of routine and fewer social contacts can reduce drinking. In some cases older people choose to drink less as getting to the toilet can be more difficult and take longer. It can be physically difficult to make, carry and drink a cup of tea when you get older—especially if you need a zimmer frame [walker] to walk about."
Families and caregivers should encourage senior loved ones to drink plenty of fluids. Keep their water bottle full; add fresh lime or lemon to add a little flavor. Herbal teas, 100 percent fruit juices (not "fruit drinks") and even fresh fruits are all good sources of fluid. (Note: if your loved one is on a fluid-restricted diet, follow their healthcare provider's advice.)
The information in this article is not intended as medical advice. If you have questions about the amount and types of fluids that are best for you or your older loved one, consult with the doctor or other healthcare provider.
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Collins not concerned with d'Arnaud's struggles
CLEVELAND -- Since making his debut on Aug. 17, catcher Travis d'Arnaud has more strikeouts than base hits.
Hailed as the organization's No. 2 prospect, d'Arnaud was hitting .154 (8-for-52) over his first 16 games with the Mets entering Saturday. The slow start hasn't fazed New York manager Terry Collins, who realizes that, while the season is nearing its end, d'Arnaud's career is just beginning.
"This time of year, you should be looking, I don't care where they play, they should be at 400 at-bats. He's a long way from that," Collins said. "So I just think that we've got to reserve our judgment on where Travis is offensively and make sure that he continues to play, understand what it takes to be successful here."
Within his 60 plate appearances, d'Arnaud has two doubles, one home run, seven walks, 12 strikeouts and a sacrifice fly. He has driven in three runs and scored three runs.
He might not be powering the Mets' offense, but Collins is impressed by his catching ability.
"He's handled himself very well," Collins said. "I tell you, he receives the ball as good as any guys that have been around. He gets the low pitch. He receives that low pitch as good as anybody and he gets the called strikes."
The Mets don't seem to feel there's any reason to think their 24-year-old prospect will be anything other than a complete contributor to the team's goals in future years. After all, d'Arnaud has been a Major League player for less than a month.
"He's a real smart guy and he's going to get it," Collins said, "and he's going to know what he has to do when he comes in next year to certainly play at the quality we need him to play."


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We only just came across their special Yuletide greeting cards wishing all & sundry the very best of the season and the joy & unmatchable blessings of the new year.
The former beauty queen still looks ravishingly gorgeous any day. God has really being kind to her. We wish them the very best of the season too.


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What is this project?
It is a project to replace 250 feet of deteriorated sidewalk along the east side of Rollston Ave. from Lafayette St. to Dickson St.
What is the current status?
This project is in progress.
How is this project being funded?
Funding for this project comes from the Street Fund. The Street Fund is financed through two sources:
1) Turn-back revenues from the State of Arkansas. The State collects motor fuel taxes, which are returned to the City on a per-capital basis.
2) Turn-back monies received from the County Road Millage Tax. The City receives 80% of the road millage levied by the Quorum Court on real and personal property located within the city.


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Microbe Magazine
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Cover: The growth and health of coral reefs depends on algal and microbial symbionts. The full microbial assemblage, called the coral holobiont, encompasses numerous microbial eukaryotes, archaea, bacteria, and viruses (see p. 226). (Image © John Anderson/Stockphoto.)
Microbe Magazine, Cover Image
Cover ImageVaccines are crucial for controlling the spread of influenza, but currently are only effective against a limited mix of strains. A universal vaccine remains elusive, but progress is being made (see p. 433). (Image © James King-Holmes/ Science Source.)
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'When you're 25, it's a little bit easier to be daring, especially if you are a pop star, because eccentric behavior is expected from you.'
Madonna reveals in the November issue of Harper's Bazaar that she was held up at gunpoint and raped during her early days in New York.
In a first person essay for the magazine's "Daring Issue," the star writes:
"New York wasn't everything I thought it would be. It did not welcome me with open arms. The first year, I was held up at gunpoint. Raped on the roof of a building I was dragged up to with a knife in my back, and had my apartment broken into three times. I don't know why; I had nothing of value after they took my radio the first time."
But the pop star eventually recovered, and focused on pushing the envelope. In the essay, Madonna expounds on her need to push boundaries — not just in music and art, but in all facets of her life.
"If I can't be daring in my work or the way I live my life, then I don't really see the point of being on this planet," the 55-year-old pop icon writes.
As a teen, when she says "most people thought I was strange" and she didn't have "many friends," she moved to New York in hopes of becoming "a REAL artist. To be able to express myself in a city of nonconformists. To revel and shimmy and shake in a world and be surrounded by daring people."
Her need to be daring even helped her through trying times when she arrived in the Big Apple, she says. "This wasn't anything I prepared for in Rochester, Michigan. Trying to be a professional dancer, paying my rent by posing nude for art classes, staring at people staring at me naked. Daring them to think of me as anything but a form they were trying to capture with their pencils and charcoal. I was defiant. Hell-bent on surviving. On making it. But it was hard and it was lonely, and I had to dare myself every day to keep going."
And even when she says she didn't specifically intend to be daring when adopting son David from the African country of Malawi, the intense negative reaction and scrutiny she received as a result began another "daring chapter of (her) life."
"I decided that I had an embarrassment of riches and that there were too many children in the world without parents or families to love them. … I didn't know that trying to adopt a child was going to land me in another s— storm. But it did. I was accused of kidnapping, child trafficking, using my celebrity muscle to jump ahead in the line, bribing government officials, witchcraft, you name it. Certainly I had done something illegal!
"This was an eye-opening experience. A real low point in my life. I could get my head around people giving me a hard time for simulating masturbation onstage or publishing my Sex book, even kissing Britney Spears at an awards show, but trying to save a child's life was not something I thought I would be punished for. Friends tried to cheer me up by telling me to think of it all as labor pains that we all have to go through when we give birth. This was vaguely comforting. In any case, I got through it. I survived."


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Ask The Judge: Announcing Verdict, Witnesses
Editor's Note: As part of ongoing extended coverage of the Casey Anthony trial, WESH 2 News legal analyst Judge O.H. Eaton Jr. is answering questions about the case.
Defendant On Stand
Dear Judge Eaton: If a defendant decides to take the stand, can prosecutors ask whatever they want? Does the defense go first and then the prosecutors do a cross-examination only about what the defense asks? Please clarify. -- Dana, Lancaster, Pa.
A defendant who chooses to testify is treated like any other witness. The defense lawyer questions the defendant first, and the prosecutor can then cross-examine. When a witness testifies, her credibility is put at issue, and she can be impeached by showing bias, prejudice, interest in the outcome of the case, inconsistent prior statements, prior criminal convictions, whether the witness has an accurate memory and whether she is receiving any benefit for her testimony. This is not an exhaustive list, but you get the idea. The cross-examiner is allowed to ask leading questions -- questions which suggest an answer. -- Judge O.H. Eaton
Witnesses In Hall
Dear Judge Eaton: It appears that witnesses usually are held in the hall prior to being called to testify. Is this so they cannot listen to the testimony of other witnesses? -- Joe, Athens, Ga.
The lawyers have invoked the rule of sequestration of witnesses. This rule is recognized in nearly every court in the United States and requires the witnesses to remain outside the courtroom except for when they testify. Additionally, the witnesses are not allowed to discuss their testimony with anyone except the lawyers until the testimony in the trial is completed. There are a couple of exceptions to the rule. Most states allow the investigating officer to sit with the prosecutor and assist during the trial. Florida allows the next of kin of the victim to remain in the courtroom -- although the trial judge has the discretion to exclude the next of kin if the situation requires it. The prosecutors insisted that George and Cindy Anthony be allowed to remain in the courtroom as next of kin. I think they probably regret that decision. The Anthonys have been called as witnesses by both sides and have had the benefit of listening to all of the other witnesses. This trial has an interesting twist. The Anthonys view both the prosecutors and the defense lawyers as the enemy. The prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for their daughter, and the defense lawyers are blaming them for Caylees death, among other things. -- Judge O.H. Eaton
Expert Testimony
Dear Judge Eaton: As an expert witness, Dr. Kenneth Furton was using research that one of his students did and that he did not participate in. Why isnt this hearsay evidence? In general, it seems like some of the experts are university professors that are using work that some of their students have done. Isnt this work the intellectual property of the student doing the work? Couldnt the student copyright their assignments and grant the professor use of this material in a limited manner? -- Alexis, Celebration, Fla.
Expert witnesses are allowed to rely upon the work of others in order to express their opinion. For instance, a medical examiner can rely upon a toxicology report in forming an opinion as to the cause of death of a person. I cant answer your question about intellectual property and copyrights. I know very little about that area of the law. -- Judge O.H. Eaton
Finnell's Questioning
Dear Judge Eaton: Why is Casey Anthonys death penalty attorney, Anne Finnell, in the courtroom and even questioning defense expert witnesses? I thought we wouldnt see her until the penalty phase much less see her questioning witnesses during the trial. -- Cori
You will have to ask Ann Finnell to get the answer to your question. Usually, the penalty phase lawyer has minimal participation in the guilt phase of the trial. This is because of the obvious problem presented when the defendant claims to be innocent and the jury disagrees. The penalty phase lawyer doesnt have to take an inconsistent position with the jury. This is one of several problems with death penalty litigation in every state that has the death penalty. Using separate juries to decide guilt/innocence and the penalty to be imposed would help solve this problem. A governors commission in Massachusetts recommended such a procedure several years ago, but no state has implemented such a procedure. By the way, Massachusetts does not have the death penalty. -- Judge O.H. Eaton
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Smell Of Garbage
Dear Judge Eaton: Why doesn't the prosecution seek a garbage collector to testify about the smell of decomposing garbage? So much is being made of the smell of an empty Velveeta package and an empty salami package as being the cause of the foul smell in the trunk of the car. I am sure that a garbage collector can make clear that empty food packages don't smell like a decomposing human body. -- J.D., Palm Coast, Fla.
So far as I know, no garbage collector sniffed the trunk of the car. Generally, witnesses can only testify on personal knowledge. A tow-truck driver did testify about the smell. -- Judge O.H. Eaton
Defendant's Appearance
Dear Judge Eaton: How much does the appearance of a plaintiff affect the opinion of the jury? I have been advised that the better the appearance, the more favorable a jury will view the plaintiff. -- Jean
I think you mean the appearance of the defendant. In a criminal case, the plaintiff is the prosecuting authority in Florida, the state of Florida. Studies have shown that the appearance of the defendant matters. If the defendants appearance resembles the stereotype image of a drug dealer or violent criminal, the jury will probably carry that image back to the jury room. -- Judge O.H. Eaton
Announcing The Verdict
Dear Judge Eaton: If the jury does go into deliberations on a Friday or Saturday and comes up with a verdict over the weekend (or even a weekday evening) would they pull them back into the courtroom right away or would they set a specific date and time for the lawyers, family members, media to get back to the courtroom for the verdict, or would they do it immediately? -- N. Johnson
It is not unusual for the jury to reach a verdict at a time when court is not in session. In that event, the court clerk seals the verdict in an envelope and delivers it to the judge when the court reconvenes with the jury present. -- Judge O.H. Eaton
Competency Motion
Dear Judge Eaton: Will the jury be aware of the competency motion, the origin of the motion, the basis thereof, the timing, as well as the outcome? -- Bobbi
No. The jury will only consider the evidence presented while they were present in open court. Mental problems short of insanity are not admissible as a defense in Florida. The prosecutor cannot introduce the outcome of the examinations into evidence because everyone is presumed to be competent, and the reports do not challenge that presumption. -- Judge O.H. Eaton


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Evening round-up
This afternoon the Court granted certiorari in five merits cases, including the Proposition 8 and DOMA cases.
Lyle Denniston of this blog covers the Court's same-sex marriage grants, as does Greg Stohr of Bloomberg. Additional coverage is available from the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR, NBC, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, CBS News, Politico, Reuters, Fox News, the Christian Science Monitor, Slate, the Blog of Legal Times [h/t Howard Bashman], NPR's The Two-Way, and the WSJ Law Blog.
Recommended Citation: Max Mallory, Evening round-up, SCOTUSblog (Dec. 7, 2012, 5:29 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/12/evening-round-up-6/


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Cyberbullying: New Problems, New Tactics
Cyberbullying: New Problems, New Tactics
Bullying is an old problem that remains difficult to bring under control, in part because technology offers new ways for kids to pick on one another. Indeed, cyberbullying can extend the reach and power of some of the worst bullies, subjecting kids to taunts from beyond their own schools and neighborhoods.
Cyberbullying also means the problem can be constant — gone are the days when kids just dreaded an encounter on the bus or during the schoolday. Through cell phone texts, emails, and social media sites, bullies can torment their victims 24 hours a day. Picked-on kids can feel like they're getting blasted nonstop and that there is no escape.
Because many kids are reluctant to report being bullied, even to their parents, it's impossible to know just how many are affected. But it's estimated that one third of teens have been victims of some form of online bullying. Yet they often don't realize it happens to so many of their peers, adding to their sense of isolation.
As the pressure builds, victims can experience anxiety, depression, and other stress-related disorders. As recent well-publicized cases have shown, some kids and teens ended their lives to escape bullying. Experts say that kids who are bullied — and the bullies themselves — are at an elevated risk for suicidal thoughts, attempts, and completed suicides.
What This Means to You
Parents are often desperate to help when their kids are bullied. It's hard enough to combat the typical schoolyard thug — so what can be done about the sometimes anonymous tormentors who strike from behind a computer screen?
Warning signs of cyberbullying to watch for can include:
- emotional distress during or after using the Internet
- withdrawal from friends and family members
- avoidance of school or group gatherings
- slipping grades and "acting out" in anger at home
- changes in mood, behavior, sleep, or appetite
- wanting to stop using the computer or cell phone
- appearing nervous or jumpy when getting an instant message or email
- avoiding discussions about computer or cell phone activities
Why don't kids tell their parents about cyberbullying? Despite the torment they might find online, they still want to be connected to friends and are afraid they'll lose their online privileges. So it's important for parents to reassure them that they won't lose their access, though what transpires online should be carefully monitored. When possible, block the bully from your child's online groups and profiles, and on cell phones and email accounts.
Encourage your child not to respond, because doing so just fuels the fire and makes the situation worse. But do keep the threatening messages, pictures, and texts, as these can be used as evidence with the bully's parents, school, employer, or even the police. Also consider involving officials at your child's school, especially if the bully also goes there.
And if your son or daughter is doing the bullying, take steps to end the negative behavior. Explain that joking and teasing might seem harmless but can hurt feelings and lead to serious consequences at home, school, and in the community. If it continues, put tracking or filtering software on the computer, impose restrictions on computer and cell phone use, and consider having your child talk with a counselor.


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High Reliability Organizing (HRO) developed as a means to make an organization or unit stronger. In its natural state we historically found it in environments of danger or uncertainty such as military combat, firefighting, or business activities. While proactive components (plans and anticipation) and reactive components (after action reviews) are necessary parts of HRO, High Reliability itself derives from the ability of the organization and individuals to interact in real time with uncertainty or threat from the external environment.
HRO describes on the organizational level the structure necessary for High Reliability, on the social level the collaboration found in response to threat, and on the individual level the satisfaction of problem solving while modulating threat responses. These three levels facilitate the free flow of information and the migration of action for a quick response to, and interaction with, surprise or accelerating events. The High Reliability Organization emerges from the interactions between people responsive to the environment in an organization that allows this.
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I'm a little late getting my tree up this year, but it's finally decorated! I have a huge collection of ornaments, but I always seem to put up the handmade ornaments my babies (now grown men!) have made over the years first. By the time they are all up, I don't have room for any more. Some of the paper ornaments are missing a little glitter, but all in all they are just as pretty as the day they gave them to me.
Twenty-six years later and my Hallmark Keepsake ornament still works! My little sister (who was 11 at the time) gave it to us our for our first Christmas. It's one of the first ones I put on the tree.
Trying to get this crew together to decorate the tree is almost impossible. Luckily I am a machine when I'm tired and make up my mind to "get 'r done". They appreciate the end result though!
I even put up my Dickens Christmas Village with a week to spare!
My favorite thing to do at Christmas? Admire my Christmas memory tree filled with the most precious ornaments made by sweet little hands once upon a time.
Do more of what makes you happy!
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Cards in Envy Celebrate the Season Challenge
Love to Scrap Challenge Blog #92 Anything Goes